East Grinstead

The forecast had been pretty grim for most of the week predicting heavy rain and the tail-end of a hurricane, but as it turned out we had nice weather, pleasantly warm and only a light breeze.


A view of Gullege

We were pleased to welcome Ann-Marie on her first group ride with us after previously joining us on the Family Bike ride in June. So we had five riders as we left Three Bridges, fashionably late at 10.15.

Ann-Marie and Pete

The route was a little muddy following earlier rain but nothing that caused us any problems as we headed uphill to East Grinstead. The Worth Way was well used again today and there seem to be more cyclists than ever.

Barbara

Anton

We had a nice coffee in East Grinstead at the Bluebells café that Bob recommended. Some people also had cake, although they did share it. No toasted tea cake though – a bit of a disappointment for regular cyclists. Retracing our steps for the mainly downhill return we had some light sprinkling of rain drops on two occasions but it wasn’t even worth putting our waterproofs on. We arrived back in Crawley just in time for the start of the Grand Prix.

The statistics from my nice new free Android application (My Tracks – see previous blog for details):
Total Distance: 15.98 miles Total time: 2:36 Moving time: 1:57 Average speed: 8.18 mph Maximum speed: 18.49 (I bet Bob went faster!).
I can upload the stats and route to Google but haven’t worked out how to share it yet – not particularly interesting for the Worth Way but more so for our other rides. Watch this space.

So a nice little ride with the only down being that Button beat Hamilton! (Bob says "Hurrah for Button!").

Please remember to check the website for details of upcoming rides – this Sunday is a 9:30 start from Horsham Park Pavilions and will be an easy 40 miler west and south of Horsham.

The next Beginners Ride is on Sunday October 2nd and will probably use the Worth Way once more. The following Beginners Ride is on November 6th for the Veteran Car Run and will be short on mileage but big on spectating.

Hope to see you soon.